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Printing Guidelines

The printer settings below highlight recommended speeds and temperatures to be considered when printing with NinjaTek filaments. Remember that every printer is unique, and may require adjusting your settings a bit to get the best results.

Extruder Temperature

Platform Temperature

Print Speed

Top and bottom layers

Infill speeds

NinjaFlex

225°C – 235°C

Room temp – 40°C

10-20 mm/ sec (600-1200 mm/ min)

15-35 mm/ sec (900-2100 mm/ min)

SemiFlex

225°C – 235°C

80°C – 110°C

10-20 mm/ sec (600-1200 mm/ min)

15-35 mm/ sec (900-2100 mm/ min)

Cheetah

225°C – 235°C

Room temp – 40°C

30-45 mm/ sec (600-1200 mm/ min)

60-80 mm/ sec (900 mm/ min-2100 mm/ min)

Armadillo

220°C – 230°C

Room temp – 45°C

15-20 mm/ sec (900-1800 mm/ min)

45-60 mm/ sec (2700-3600 mm/ min)

Additional recommendations:

Glue and/ or blue painters tape is suggested if not using a heated bed.

For layers 2+ use cooling fan if available.

Note that temperatures can be affected by filament diameter, nozzle diameter and layer height settings.